Friday, 2 October 2026

Friday 02-10-26

Temp 11°C to 22°C -  sunny with some cloud, a moderate breeze from  south south west veering to south, gusts to 22 mph.

Lesser Yellowlegs
Glossy Ibis
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Raven

Eastville Park:

Fishponds:
3 Raven

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
40 Mallard, 70 Turnstone, 1 Kestrel

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Barnacle Goose - over, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Swallow, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
garden: 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Wren, Greenfinch
Mud flats near Portbury Wharf: 1 Curlew Sandpiper

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham - garden:
1 Swallow - heading south
02-10-26 Red Kite + Raven Folly Farm (Pete Brain)
Folly Farm:

2 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest,
2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
BH Gull with rings
02-10-26 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)
Picnic Site 1 - 2:
1 Common Sandpiper
02-10-26 Hobby CVL (Lee Gardiner)
Herons Green:

30+ Cattle Egret, 2 Hobby

Stratford:
1 Grey Plover, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine, 7 Swallow, 5 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit
02-10-2026 Lesser Yellowlegs CVL (George Stacey)
Herriotts Bridge:

Lapwing, 60 Snipe, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Ruff, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, BH Gull with rings, 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby - over

OUT OF AREA

East Harptree Woods:
2 Crossbill - juv

Reported by: Jon Angell, Pete Brain, Kevin Bainbridge, Jan Cumming, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Nick Hawkridge, Rob Laughton, Steve Newland, Frankie Macrow, Mike Moxon, George Stacey, Simon Stuart

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